tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post8860689350867753503..comments2023-10-19T05:40:59.162-04:00Comments on Sippican Cottage: Billy Mays With Acromegaly And A Palsied Makeup ArtistSippicanCottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-57857799069255063922013-05-24T13:32:23.508-04:002013-05-24T13:32:23.508-04:00Heh.<a href="http://www.mrporter.com/product/342800?resType=single&keywords=342800&keywords=342800&cm_mmc=LinkshareUS-_-PJVnp01js8Q-_-Custom-_-LinkBuilder&siteID=PJVnp01js8Q-UsTp80B3YkenO30L7VQ6bg" rel="nofollow">Heh.</a>BJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04447134335568803085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-69358271882077435322013-05-22T18:00:16.751-04:002013-05-22T18:00:16.751-04:00We flatlanders from the state that is only "t...We flatlanders from the state that is only "three<br />countys at low tide and two at hight tide", and the highest natural peak is a sand dune still love childhood<br />Maine vacations(at least in senility-inspired dreams).<br />Your young looking for work elsewhere will find exciting jobs here, as drool cup changers in our nursing homes. Anyway, you forgot another fallen flag<br />of pedestrian finery - Sebago Mocs! Some were sewn<br />on RT 302, just outside of Bridgton. Moose Pond is still<br />our "Moosie, but why the #$&* is Pleasant Mountain<br />now "Shawnee Peak"? Remy's just does not do it for<br />some summer exiles......Delaware Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-26709977583059281802013-05-20T11:16:10.875-04:002013-05-20T11:16:10.875-04:00Weejuns?
You still have to shop at Bass.
Sperry ...Weejuns?<br /><br />You still have to shop at Bass.<br /><br />Sperry topsiders? Famous Footwear.<br />.OregonGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08096619871119860938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-39518103843792363992013-05-20T10:20:31.535-04:002013-05-20T10:20:31.535-04:00Mom made me wear a pair in junior high and my clas...Mom made me wear a pair in junior high and my classmates teased me. I hated them with their stupid looking white soles. Our class went on a science field trip to the shore. I somehow lost them in the surf.<br /><br />Two years later my classmates were all wearing them.<br /><br />We homeschooled our children.John Lienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02302615225311776021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-83774571932846315052013-05-20T01:25:40.734-04:002013-05-20T01:25:40.734-04:00How large of an employer is Bath Iron Works? I am ...How large of an employer is Bath Iron Works? I am retired from US Navy and the guided missile destroyers that BIW builds are held in high regard by the USN. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-40030326980246446442013-05-18T18:16:14.257-04:002013-05-18T18:16:14.257-04:00I had to look up "acromegaly."
I used t...I had to look up "acromegaly."<br /><br />I used to know words. I miss them. They left me behind.<br /><br />Your post made me giggle.<br /><br />H. Gillhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16866823621648796335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-59562441424270581132013-05-18T17:46:47.080-04:002013-05-18T17:46:47.080-04:00Hi all. Thanks for reading and commenting.
Steve...Hi all. Thanks for reading and commenting. <br /><br />Steve S. - I used to make gyroscopes for Sperry-Rand's competitor. Sperry-Rand was swallowed by Unisys. SippicanCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-61089782967854812532013-05-18T17:43:19.684-04:002013-05-18T17:43:19.684-04:00Sperry? Didn't they used to make gyroscopes?Sperry? Didn't they used to make gyroscopes?SteveSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-81629889738914811672013-05-18T17:05:11.651-04:002013-05-18T17:05:11.651-04:00Casey: Thanks for the laugh......and it was a good...Casey: Thanks for the laugh......and it was a good one!Kathleen Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-87406512310292326642013-05-18T16:54:15.550-04:002013-05-18T16:54:15.550-04:00Kathleen: the coat shrank. The coat.
Kathleen: the coat shrank. The coat.<br /><br />Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-84560390075914640092013-05-18T16:25:14.020-04:002013-05-18T16:25:14.020-04:00Casey, on this:
It rained so much on both he and t...Casey, on this:<br />It rained so much on both he and the wool cruiser that it shrank several sizes, so it fits me perfectly now.<br /><br />Doesn't this make you the Sultan of Shrink" (Sorry....!)<br />Kathleen Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-62677652826345806122013-05-18T16:24:54.646-04:002013-05-18T16:24:54.646-04:00I wore knockoff Topsiders when I lived in Sausalit...I wore knockoff Topsiders when I lived in Sausalito in the '90s; I think I bought 'em at Penney's, IIRC. For most of a decade I wore nice suits in the daytime and vacation clothes any other time. Perfect.<br /><br />Mostly what I liked was that they were slipon-kickoff, and a nice relief after a day of English shoes. Never occurred to me that I was imitating the Japanese....<br /><br />http://www.ivy-style.com/the-miyuki-zoku-japans-first-ivy-rebels.htmlRob De Wittnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-80943428658824525632013-05-18T15:43:15.386-04:002013-05-18T15:43:15.386-04:00I confess, I had a pair of Topsiders as a college ...I confess, I had a pair of Topsiders as a college chick in the 80's. It surprised me to see both my older kids wear them, though, they are not their mother's Sperry's. Julianne has silver ones! I guess it shouldn't have surprised me, as my daughter asked me to give her a perm last week. Aye yi yi..Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284936021406079076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-52592051865796448032013-05-18T10:09:19.766-04:002013-05-18T10:09:19.766-04:00Oh - I'll run a on a bit because it's inte...Oh - I'll run a on a bit because it's interesting. That little picture of me on the right. I'm wearing a Seattle made garment: Filson.<br /><br />That wool coat I received from my dad's estate. He was much bigger than me, and of course he worked in the woods. That was something Americans used to do a lot of.<br /><br />It rained so much on both he and the wool cruiser that it shrank several sizes, so it fits me perfectly now. When he'd come in the kitchen door, his hat would drip rainwater onto the collar back, and it would pool there. There's a ring of mold, now.<br /><br />Ask Gerard the next time he's in Filson's (I know he hangs there a lot) to check the labels to see where Filsons are made these days. I will wait, half-cringing, to hear the report.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-80707397616800635352013-05-18T09:57:53.784-04:002013-05-18T09:57:53.784-04:00Yeah, I can count the things around this house, in...Yeah, I can count the things around this house, including the house, that are American made.<br /><br />Can't decide if any of my clothing is. Can't really find much clothing around here, anyway. <br /><br />Market is the thing, but you touched on that. I suppose if you wanted to make clothing in the US, you'd want to aim it at the youngsters. <br /><br />Okay. carry on.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.com